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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, FREDRICK POST, of Plano, in the county ot' Kendall, and State of Illinois, haveinvented an Improved Water-Wheel; and I do hereby declare that thc following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this description, in which- Figurc 1 is a central sectional elevation of my water-wheel and the iluine in which it operates.

Figure 2, a horizontal section of the wheel taken through iig. 1 at the line X X.

Fig-.1re 3, a plan view of the wheel with the cap removed.

Figurd 4, an inverted or bottom view of a part of the lower rim of wheel, showing how the buckets terminate. y

, The naturcof my invention consists in-making buckets in the top of the wheel in addition to the buckets at the periphery, for the double purpose of giving the wheel motion and preventingfriction, which would occur if no apertures were made in the top ofthe wheel to allow the dead water which usually accumulates between the case and wheel to escape; and in tho use of npculiar shaped bucket, having an inclination downward at the bottom, so as to allow the water to have a free `entre discharge with the Aleast possible amount of friction. I know that centre dischargenvheels have been made to run in cases before this, but consider that placing buckets in the top and periphery of' a wheel is new in its application, and performs a function different from any heretofore used, for said wheel has the force of water applied to its periphery and top'at the same time, and in such a man ner that no circular motion of the water is necessary in the flume to give motion to the wheel, as the water at all points enters through the case with equal force.

In order to give a correct understanding of my invention, I have marked corres letters, and will now give a detailed description.

A represents a common flume, in which my wheel operates, and B C theiframe which supports shaft `of my wheei, all of which I consider common, and only use them as a matt-er am not particular as tohow they are constructed, only so water is conveyed to wheel g and suitable mechanical appliances areusedi to hold it in position for usc. This Wheel g has a series of buckets, I I I I, Etc., made fast to the top, shown at figs. 1 and 2, and also a common shaft, D, made to rest on step F in the usual manner. The peculiarity ot my invention consists in constructing buckets z in the top of wheel g, which buckets are made a part ofthe top of wheel, and project downward, as seen at gs. 1 and 3, for the purpose. of allowing the water accumulating between wheel g and case Eto press upon buckets L, and assist in propelling wheel g instead of producing friction, as is new the case when no buckets Jr are used at the top of wheel. I make buckets I I I I, Sie., with short curves o o o o, &c., A(fig. 2,) iu order to prevent water from flowing outward against the slats J J J J, &c., of case E, which would check the motion of wheel g, and turn the flanges of said buckets downward, as seen at n, figs. 1 vand 4, for the purpose of allowing water t relievingY the wheel of pressure. thin and as light aspossible. CaseE is made to cover wheel g, and has slats J J J J, `dto. distance apart to admit a proper quantity of water to pass through and to ran wheel ment no rack is needed to keep dood-wood and extraneous matter out of wheel g, and no gate is required only the one used to admitA water into flume A. The rim P, figs. 1 and 4, may be made separate from the top, g, and the buckets 'I I I I, &c., securedbetween in any desirable manner, as may also the case E and slats JJJJ, die. Having thus fullydescribed my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The cap E, in combination with wheel g, having buckets L and I, the latter bein the bottom, the whole being arranged substantially as and for the purposes set forth. v

FREDERICK POST.

pending parts with similar o pass oi` of the same as soon as possible, thus placed a suitable g. By means of this arrangeg curved `downward at Witnesses: 4

Gao. L. CHAPIN, A. HAYWARD.

`of convenience in the usual manner, and

I am not particular as to the material used, only so that the buckets are made i 

